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type: "Bill"
title: "Temporary Suspension Of Medicaid Requirements"
description: "As a condition of receiving federal money under the federal \"Families First Coronavirus Response Act\", the state was required to maintain the enrollment of nearly all individuals receiving medicaid until April 1, 2023, at which point the state was given 14 months to return to normal eligibility and enrollment operations. Additionally, due to the declared public health emergency in Colorado in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and to effectuate the federal continuous enrollment requirement, the governor suspended certain statutory requirements related to enrollment and cost sharing in medical assistance programs. The act suspends these requirements statutorily for the 14 months after April 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-182"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-182 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Rose Pugliese", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a80429b1-b542-4792-b89e-de8f4326cbf4"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-182"
source_hash: "e5fdbd7a8849db924058eb42f7a45c5078e0f5413a2de09b96e2d9ce11f9e0ea"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---
# Colorado SB 23-182 (2023A) — Temporary Suspension Of Medicaid Requirements
As a condition of receiving federal money under the federal "Families First Coronavirus Response Act", the state was required to maintain the enrollment of nearly all individuals receiving medicaid until April 1, 2023, at which point the state was given 14 months to return to normal eligibility and enrollment operations. Additionally, due to the declared public health emergency in Colorado in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and to effectuate the federal continuous enrollment requirement, the governor suspended certain statutory requirements related to enrollment and cost sharing in medical assistance programs. The act suspends these requirements statutorily for the 14 months after April 1, 2023.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_sb182_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_182_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_182_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_182_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_182_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_182_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_182_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_182_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **567** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **332** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Rose Pugliese — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a80429b1-b542-4792-b89e-de8f4326cbf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).